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you going to listen to me, at least you'll listen to george bush. >> right. one of the things i want to think about here is the extent to which this has come back into our conversation around the zimmerman case. but i feel like, for example, when the president stood and talked about his experiences of personal profiling that maybe we started to lose -- the conversation has typically been about structural, institutional, and police profiling. >> right, right. i mean, human rights watch back in 2000 was talking about this. they looked at seven states across the country that actually had these 80% to 90% numbers. decade before that, we had studies in new york, they were looking at it and showing how rikers island and prisons across new york, it was the same seven neighborhoods. so yeah, we need to think about systemic and structural issues because it's not something band-aids on cancer can fix. we need to look at how to look at this and correct the last 30 to 40 years of tough on crime and drug war rhetoric and policy that have completely failed and left us with
you going to listen to me, at least you'll listen to george bush. >> right. one of the things i want to think about here is the extent to which this has come back into our conversation around the zimmerman case. but i feel like, for example, when the president stood and talked about his experiences of personal profiling that maybe we started to lose -- the conversation has typically been about structural, institutional, and police profiling. >> right, right. i mean, human rights...
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i think a lot of people are so used to seeing george bush 43 as so athletic out there on the mountain bike and so young, relatively young. it's quite surprising given how thin he is. >> it is a real reminder we sort of pay the piper for the life we lived previously and it's possibly that the cheeseburgers and steaks caught up with him. you know him as a vibrant hiker and runner and obviously he is in very good health but on a routine examination at the cooper clinic he was found to have an abnormality. we don't know what that was, whether they saw a change in the heart tracing or whether he really had pain or discomfort when he was undergoing a stress test. but either way his doctors suggested that he have a stent put in to one of the coronary arteries that sends blood to the heart muscle. there are about 600,000 of these done a year. he's now become sort of very typical with being sounds like it's all gone well, they're going to keep him overnight for observation and he should go home tomorrow morning. >> it's all good news also on george bush 41. we saw him recently. he was released
i think a lot of people are so used to seeing george bush 43 as so athletic out there on the mountain bike and so young, relatively young. it's quite surprising given how thin he is. >> it is a real reminder we sort of pay the piper for the life we lived previously and it's possibly that the cheeseburgers and steaks caught up with him. you know him as a vibrant hiker and runner and obviously he is in very good health but on a routine examination at the cooper clinic he was found to have...
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. >>> the news cycle begins with an update on the health of former president george w. bush. he's back home resting one day after doctors surgically inserted a stint to ease a blocked artery. it was discovered during a routine physical. the president's doctors say he is doing great. >>> and it wasn't all terror and big brother with president obama on "the tonight show" last night. jay leno couldn't let him go without asking the president about his once-bitter rival turned confidant hillary clinton. the two had lunch last week at the white house. >> we had a great time. she had that post-administration glow. you know, when folks leave the white house. like two weeks later, they look great. but it was wonderful conversation. you know, by the end of my first term, you know, we had become genuinely close. i could not have more respect for her. she was a great secretary of state. very, very proud of the way she did it. >> did you notice her measuring the drapes or anything like that? >> keep in mind, she's been there before. >> that's true. >> she doesn't have to measure them. >>
. >>> the news cycle begins with an update on the health of former president george w. bush. he's back home resting one day after doctors surgically inserted a stint to ease a blocked artery. it was discovered during a routine physical. the president's doctors say he is doing great. >>> and it wasn't all terror and big brother with president obama on "the tonight show" last night. jay leno couldn't let him go without asking the president about his once-bitter rival...
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let's take a look at george bush. you're talking about. here is george bush talking about this from the golf course the other day about this whole thing about whether we go to war or not, take an act of war against assad in syrah. >> the president has a tough choice to make. and if he decides to use our military, the greatest military ever backing him up. i was not a fan of mr. assad. leallele he is an ally of iran and has made mischief. >> that was the common sense george bush i liked years ago. i wish he we had that years ago. we don't like the guy. he has bad friends. >> he is trying not to get in obama's way and not to play a role in this. i was funny was elite level trolling by donald rumsfeld. he said the president hasn't made the case for war, which just set off people on the left, right and center all over the place. when you have donald rumsfeld questioning your intelligence and your case for going to war in the middle east, i mean, i think that's trolling on a level. >> they all belong where they are with the american enterprise
let's take a look at george bush. you're talking about. here is george bush talking about this from the golf course the other day about this whole thing about whether we go to war or not, take an act of war against assad in syrah. >> the president has a tough choice to make. and if he decides to use our military, the greatest military ever backing him up. i was not a fan of mr. assad. leallele he is an ally of iran and has made mischief. >> that was the common sense george bush i...
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then george w. bush. they say people weren't nice to george bush so we're going to be extra mean to barack obama. and they're constantly framing their policies. now, in the irs case, there has been a really pernicious use of the irs. would be to go after political enemies. but the only person who's done that, you've seen democratic leaning groups or liberal leaning groups complaining they were audited during the bush administration including the naacp. that is closer to the nixonian model than the irs. >> we saw congressional hearings, now we find out the irs was also looking for successors to acorn. even using those cute little acorns there looking for progressive groups. anyone that looks political. what happened to all of this noise we were hearing on the hill? >> remember it was elijah cummings that pointed out some time ago if it's being nixonian it's issa. issa was limiting the amount of information coming out to paint a specific picture that he wanted painted. remember there was that back and forth
then george w. bush. they say people weren't nice to george bush so we're going to be extra mean to barack obama. and they're constantly framing their policies. now, in the irs case, there has been a really pernicious use of the irs. would be to go after political enemies. but the only person who's done that, you've seen democratic leaning groups or liberal leaning groups complaining they were audited during the bush administration including the naacp. that is closer to the nixonian model than...
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the general approach of the bush administration george w was a freedom agenda. certainly the idea of the road to jerusalem is through baghdad. all this sort of neo con theorizing that if we go over there and go into iraq, somehow the front lines in the middle east will be loosen up, there will be some democratizing and it will somehow lead to a peace treat things will be better in the middle east. that means war generally. it means war. twice into iraq, once in afghanistan. obama came in saying i'm sort of a '60s guy. i don't really think big war is the answer to all big problems. i think a more surgical approach, let's get the bad guys and narrow it to that. let's not go against peoples and nations if we can avoid it. that's what the public wanted in '08, what they wanted again in '12. i know it's not perfect. >> right. >> but that's where i disagree with your colleague gene robinson today in the paper where he was saying there is something wrong with drones. yeah. but if the alternative is going to war with yet another islamic country, i'll go to war with dron
the general approach of the bush administration george w was a freedom agenda. certainly the idea of the road to jerusalem is through baghdad. all this sort of neo con theorizing that if we go over there and go into iraq, somehow the front lines in the middle east will be loosen up, there will be some democratizing and it will somehow lead to a peace treat things will be better in the middle east. that means war generally. it means war. twice into iraq, once in afghanistan. obama came in saying...
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. >>> coming up, the ghost of george w. bush. chronic lies and deceptions of the bush administration in iraq have undermined the case for action in syria. don't you think? as one british member of parliament put it, the well has been poisoned. too many crying wolf out there. >>> also the obama/clinton alliance. bill clinton is making a big speech next week at his library pushing the affordable care act. who is the big dog trying to help? the current president or possible future one? >>> plus, segregation laws are a thing of the past. yeah. but we have often self-segregated ourselves into black neighborhoods and white neighborhoods. tonight, the challenges and culture shock for the african-american youngster when he leaves his neighborhood for college. >>> finally, let me finish with the usual suspects pushing this war in syria. and this is "hardball." the place for politics. i think farmers care more about the land than probably anyone else. we've had this farm for 30 years. we raise black and red angus cattle. we also produce na
. >>> coming up, the ghost of george w. bush. chronic lies and deceptions of the bush administration in iraq have undermined the case for action in syria. don't you think? as one british member of parliament put it, the well has been poisoned. too many crying wolf out there. >>> also the obama/clinton alliance. bill clinton is making a big speech next week at his library pushing the affordable care act. who is the big dog trying to help? the current president or possible...
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health scare for former president george w. bush. he undersent surgery to have a stent placed in his heart this morning. kelly o'donnell joins me with more. >> we know the former president who is now 67 was having his annual checkup in dallas yesterday and that is when doctors discovered there was a blocked artery in his heart. they took a look at it and their recommendation was to place a stent to open that artery in the former president agreed to have that procedure which was done this morning at texas health presbyterian center. we were told it was successfully. we were told it was successful and he will hope to resume his schedule on thursday. this is particularly notable because george w. bush is such an athlete. we all remember seeing lots of examples of when he would be biking and cycling and has actually great cardio fitness and has maintained that over the year, so it may be a bit surprising that he had a blocked artery. he suggests to everyone to get their own checkups and also put out a message saying he thanks family, fri
health scare for former president george w. bush. he undersent surgery to have a stent placed in his heart this morning. kelly o'donnell joins me with more. >> we know the former president who is now 67 was having his annual checkup in dallas yesterday and that is when doctors discovered there was a blocked artery in his heart. they took a look at it and their recommendation was to place a stent to open that artery in the former president agreed to have that procedure which was done this...
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and meanwhile, former president george w bush has been discharged today from a dallas hospital a day after having a heart procedure to ease a blocked artery. the spokesman says bush 43 is doing great. he's expected to resume his normal schedule tomorrow. >>> dustin hoffman is in recovery. after his recent battle with cancer. the 75-year-old actor from the "the graduate" to "tootsie" is doing just fine confirming what his representatives said, the cancer was detected early, was cured surgically. this morning on "today" the gang sent him some love. his all-time favorite guest in 17 years is dustin hoffman. >> seriously, in 17 years he makes me smile. >> and makes the crew smile. >> that's right. >> he's the only guy that they actually clapped for as he's introduced. it happens every single time he's here. ough allergies. try zyrtec®. powerful allergy relief for adults and kids six years and older. zyrtec®. love the air. [ chainsaw buzzing ] humans. sometimes, life trips us up. sometimes, we trip ourselves up. and although the mistakes may seem to just keep coming at you, so do the so
and meanwhile, former president george w bush has been discharged today from a dallas hospital a day after having a heart procedure to ease a blocked artery. the spokesman says bush 43 is doing great. he's expected to resume his normal schedule tomorrow. >>> dustin hoffman is in recovery. after his recent battle with cancer. the 75-year-old actor from the "the graduate" to "tootsie" is doing just fine confirming what his representatives said, the cancer was detected...
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bush or dick cheney. in fact, you look at a lot of these countries, and america's approval ratings lower than they were when george w. bush left office. >> i want to get to andrea. the level of specificity we heard from senator chambliss -- >> that was really something. >> the level of alarm is what struck me. >> he said this is the kind of chatter we heard before 9/11, which, be i the way, was a republican administration. so he's talking about a very serious intelligence threat, not specific in terms of whether this is going to be a car bomb or a suicide vest, but specific enough to warrant the closure of these embassies. the other thing that they're doing today, i'm told, is homeland security has ordered much tighter airport screenings on flights coming from overseas into the united states. and they do not think that this is related to the prison breaks. but you have to be concerned about the prison breaks in libya, iraq, and pakistan where all of these arrested terrorists are now on the loose. >> so un
bush or dick cheney. in fact, you look at a lot of these countries, and america's approval ratings lower than they were when george w. bush left office. >> i want to get to andrea. the level of specificity we heard from senator chambliss -- >> that was really something. >> the level of alarm is what struck me. >> he said this is the kind of chatter we heard before 9/11, which, be i the way, was a republican administration. so he's talking about a very serious...
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i will say when george w. bush was in office, i know a lot of people on the left made fun of him, but they should have. he took almost as much as four times off. >> the president took more vacation than any modern president. >> right. >> he made 77 trips just to his texas ranch, spending all or part of 490 days. i mean, so vacations are fine as long as they're in texas. >> right. and can i also say about martha's vineyard, because have i relatives that live there. anybody who wants to call it elitist is crazy because it's one of the few american vacation spots like summer colonies that has had a tradition of being diverse. black people have been going there for vacation since the 1800s. and i happen to like that our commander in chief is living a life as a leader and trying to lead by example and showing, hey, black people, white people, all kinds of people can vacation together. >> it is an eclectic place, but very much diverse. >> right. >> and to be fair, presidents work on vacations. >> of course they do.
i will say when george w. bush was in office, i know a lot of people on the left made fun of him, but they should have. he took almost as much as four times off. >> the president took more vacation than any modern president. >> right. >> he made 77 trips just to his texas ranch, spending all or part of 490 days. i mean, so vacations are fine as long as they're in texas. >> right. and can i also say about martha's vineyard, because have i relatives that live there....
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bush, put up with bob dole, were deeply disappointed by george w. and last year mitt romney. they're going to come loaded for bear for the race for 2016. i predict the hard right is going to take over the republican party in 2016. and the nomination is going to rand paul. you watch. that's hardball for now. "all in" with chris hayes starts right now. >>> good evening from washington, d.c., i'm ezra klein in for the terrific chris hayes, tonight on all in, the cold war may be over, but it doesn't feel like it's all that over. it's getting chilly actually. from the edward snowden situation to russia's treatment of gays and lesbians, u.s./russia relationship is on the rocks. >>> we're learning about another terror plot that was foiled. what do new york city and detroit have in common? bankruptcy.
bush, put up with bob dole, were deeply disappointed by george w. and last year mitt romney. they're going to come loaded for bear for the race for 2016. i predict the hard right is going to take over the republican party in 2016. and the nomination is going to rand paul. you watch. that's hardball for now. "all in" with chris hayes starts right now. >>> good evening from washington, d.c., i'm ezra klein in for the terrific chris hayes, tonight on all in, the cold war may be...
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they put up with george bush the first. and now are going to come loaded for bear with the rate for 2016. so i predict the hard right is going to take over the republican party in 2016 and the nomination is going to rand paul. you watch. this is what i do for a living. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "politicsnation" with al sharpton starts right now. >>> thanks, chris. and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, republicans playing politics with national security. president obama has ordered 19 embassies and consulates to be closed due to a potential threat. and stepped up drone attacks on terrorists overseas. today he spoke to marines in california about the threat we still face. >> because of you, osama bin laden is no more. because of you "caught on camera's" top ranks have been hammered. even though the decimated the al qaeda leadership that attacked us on 9/11, al qaeda affiliates and like-minded extremists still threaten our homeland, still
they put up with george bush the first. and now are going to come loaded for bear with the rate for 2016. so i predict the hard right is going to take over the republican party in 2016 and the nomination is going to rand paul. you watch. this is what i do for a living. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "politicsnation" with al sharpton starts right now. >>> thanks, chris. and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, republicans playing...
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we made george bush come back to the congress and get a vote before we went into iraq. the congress, i think, made a mistake in doing it, but at least we all took responsibility for what happened. in this one, the president is taking it all on himself. what's the hurry and what is the goal? what are you expecting to be the goal that we accomplish day two after we've shot in 50 tomahawk missiles? when we have taken out assad? is that the goal? or is it take out the syrian army? or is it to lay the country waste to make rubble? what is it we are intending to get out of this? >> you clearly want a vote on this, and some of our viewers have been tweeting about this and there's a lot of consternation, obviously, as we stand now in the precipice of what looks like another war in the middle eve. one viewer writing into me, the president needs a vote here if for no other reason to have cover for what happens afterwards. do you think there will be political recriminations after the fact if the president doesn't go to congress? >> well, you know, we've seen how well the drones ha
we made george bush come back to the congress and get a vote before we went into iraq. the congress, i think, made a mistake in doing it, but at least we all took responsibility for what happened. in this one, the president is taking it all on himself. what's the hurry and what is the goal? what are you expecting to be the goal that we accomplish day two after we've shot in 50 tomahawk missiles? when we have taken out assad? is that the goal? or is it take out the syrian army? or is it to lay...
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we made george bush come back to the congress and get a vote before we went into iraq. the congress, i think, made a mistake in doing it, but at least we all took responsibility for what happened. in this one, the president is taking it all on himself. what's the hurry and what is the goal? what are you expecting to be the goal that we accomplish day two after we've shot in 50 tomahawk missiles? when we have taken out assad? is that the goal? or is it take out the syrian army? or is it to lay the country waste to make rubble? what is it we are intending to get out of this? >> you clearly want a vote on this, and some of our viewers have been tweeting about this and there's a lot of consternation, obviously, as we stand now in the precipice of what looks like another war in the middle eve. one viewer writing into me, the president needs a vote here if for no other reason to have cover for what happens afterwards. do you think there will be political recriminations after the fact if the president doesn't go to congress? >> well, you know, we've seen how well the drones ha
we made george bush come back to the congress and get a vote before we went into iraq. the congress, i think, made a mistake in doing it, but at least we all took responsibility for what happened. in this one, the president is taking it all on himself. what's the hurry and what is the goal? what are you expecting to be the goal that we accomplish day two after we've shot in 50 tomahawk missiles? when we have taken out assad? is that the goal? or is it take out the syrian army? or is it to lay...
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george w. bush had problems in his second term. this president also challenged by a year of starts and stops. what do we see when the president and congress come back in the fall that will give americans hope to believe that washington will start getting some things done? >> well, i think part of it is what people here when they go home, these members of congress, because, you know, as you've pointed out in the poll that you put up, congress is at 12%. i think people have no patience for the notion of a government shutdown, these kinds of showdowns that some in the republican caucus have threatened. so there is an inpet tus to try and get something done around the budget, perhaps around immigration. people want to see program. the frustration you hear americans expressing is about gridlock. and they want to see these guysing are together to get things done. you see that happening between republicans and democrat in the senate. the house is a tough nut to crack. perhaps the voters are the one to do it. >> as a fair-minded, down the
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george w. bush encapsulated this perfectly when the first wiretapping was reported in 2005 when he basically said, you know what, if you're not al qaeda, you've got nothing to worry about. this sort of thing cuts the other direction too, though. what if the american people haven't much cared about or maybe have even approved of something the government was doing because we thought it was for fighting terrorism but instead it's not. something that everybody -- maybe a little squeamish about but basically okay with because it's supposedly only for use against bad guys in foreign countries. guys like this, right? turns out instead it's being used by local american cops for regular old crime for stuff done by americans that has nothing to do with wacky religious ideology. what if powers of the u.s. government that had some agent somewhere listening into this conversation with the threats to the u.s. embassies. what if that same power has the same agents also listening in on your phone calls. findin
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as i said, people died in embassies 15 years ago today. 12 years ago george bush got a memo and we all know what happened there. this is not a game. >> this isn't a game. this is people's lives, rev. that's why it's so critically important. at the end of the day, i'm not going to listen to rush limbaugh on national security. let's face it. when it was his turn to serve, he got out of vietnam because he had pimples on his butt. these guys on the far right wing of the republican party have to stop drinking the hater-ade. it's wrong and disgraceful. >> now -- yes, karen? >> i was going to say the other thing is this is dangerous. they're con flating a lot of different things. there's core al qaeda, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. but we also know there are these affiliate groups that claim to be part of al qaeda and some are and some aren't. the point being, we have to monitor all of that. that is our new reality. >> and some of the other groups could be more dangerous trying to establish themselves. last night the president was on jay leno. and he answered some of his criti critics. w
as i said, people died in embassies 15 years ago today. 12 years ago george bush got a memo and we all know what happened there. this is not a game. >> this isn't a game. this is people's lives, rev. that's why it's so critically important. at the end of the day, i'm not going to listen to rush limbaugh on national security. let's face it. when it was his turn to serve, he got out of vietnam because he had pimples on his butt. these guys on the far right wing of the republican party have...
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bush, who never had to worry about such things with george w. bush, i mean you know, cleaning up messes like this, filner mess, and former senior adviser for the 2008 mccain presidential campaign, nicolle wallace and the director of the earth institute at columbia university dr. jeffrey sachs. in washington pulitzer-prize winning columnist and associate editor of "the washington post" and msnbc political analyst and bob filner expert, eugene robinson. thank you for being with us. it's nice to know one woman under like 100 in san diego has been in bob filner's presence has not been molested. >> she's lovely so that's one. >> still has the great granny coming after him. that embattled san diego mayor bob filner was expected to be back on work at monday after spending time away for behavior therapy. but he reportedly met with city council leaders and lawyer gloria allred who represents several of his accusers. dozens of supporters rallied on filner's behalf welcoming his return and backing him as a pillar of the community. some compared his treatme
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a lot of it has to do with the fact he was not george bush. he got a nobel prize even before they finished redecorating the white house. but the problem was all he could offer the world, given the state of the american economy, given the fact that america was -- extended in two wars in the middle east and in afghanistan, all he could offer was language, was words. they were powerful words, soaring words, but he couldn't follow that up with any real action. and in syria, he's really been exposed. ironically, the words have come back to haunt him. the language of a man that's so well known for speaking powerful ideas in some ways is now being trapped by his own language. he said bashar al assad has to go. assad hasn't gone. he said red lines will be crossed and there will be consequences. now he's put on the spot. he has to deliver the consequences. it's time for him to act i think in the ieyes of the world. >> you mentioned not just syria but the region and the impact that would have. how does -- to bobby's point, the president at this point by
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and it was expanded under president george w. bush. so i guess it's a bush phone too. the same program also helps provide internet access to rural areas and to schools and libraries. it's not funded by taxpayers at all. it's paid for by fees included in most phone bills. another republican fake scandal bites the dust. >>> finally tonight, i want to pay tribute to civil rights lawyer julius chambers, who died on friday. mr. chambers was a brilliant legal mind and an unsung hero in the fight for equality in education. 1971, his victory in a crucial supreme court case led to the full integration of the school system in charlotte, north carolina. mr. chambers' activism brought danger. his home and car were bombed. his law office and his father's store were burned down, but he never gave up. he argued eight cases on discrimination before the supreme court. he won every one of them. mr. chambers was 76 years old. we want to answer your questions. e-mail me, askrev@msnbc.com. remember are, friend or foe, i want to know. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts
and it was expanded under president george w. bush. so i guess it's a bush phone too. the same program also helps provide internet access to rural areas and to schools and libraries. it's not funded by taxpayers at all. it's paid for by fees included in most phone bills. another republican fake scandal bites the dust. >>> finally tonight, i want to pay tribute to civil rights lawyer julius chambers, who died on friday. mr. chambers was a brilliant legal mind and an unsung hero in the...
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over the years john covered five presidents from jimmy carter to george w. bush. he mentored me, countless others. he was always smart and funny and courtly and wise. along the way he spent seven years at the "today" show news anchor desk. this morning bryant gumbel and jane pauley returned to talk about their dear friend. >> john was a gentleman was a capital "g." he was just gracious in every respect. just a professional warm man. >> he took me aside one day after the show and he said, he he says, jane, don't take this the wrong way, but does it ever amaze you that kirk douglas knows who you are? and i think a guy from kingsport, tennessee, he always pinched himself, what am i doing here? but, thank god he was. >> john was completely devoted to his wonderful family. his wife nancy, his three daughters, and his son-in-law, molly. carter also in the entertainment business and hope is a young aspiring journalist right here in our nbc news washington bureau. he was widely loved. he was aide mired by all who knew him. john palmer died at the age of 77. my insurance r
over the years john covered five presidents from jimmy carter to george w. bush. he mentored me, countless others. he was always smart and funny and courtly and wise. along the way he spent seven years at the "today" show news anchor desk. this morning bryant gumbel and jane pauley returned to talk about their dear friend. >> john was a gentleman was a capital "g." he was just gracious in every respect. just a professional warm man. >> he took me aside one day...
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today on fox george w. bush spoke for the first time about this. let's watch. >> president has a tough choice to make. if he decides to use our military, he'll have the greatest military ever backing him up. i was not a fan of mr. assad. he's an ally of iran and he's made mischief. >> so george w. bush. so that certainly is those decisions from ten years ago are overshadowing the debate and the american public opinion on this as well. steve clemons thanks so much and chris as well. in speaking out today about the crisis in syria this morning, former president bush gave an update on his health. earlier this month, of course, he underwent surgery to address a blockage in his heart. it was discovered during a routine physical. bush 43 known for active lifestyle is recovering and feeling good but not yet back on that mountain bike. >> i had a stent placed into my l.a.d. artery and i'm feeling pretty good. >> right. >> i wish i was a teenager so i could be out on my mountain bike today. but i'm slowly, slowly recovering. i thought i would be healthy for
today on fox george w. bush spoke for the first time about this. let's watch. >> president has a tough choice to make. if he decides to use our military, he'll have the greatest military ever backing him up. i was not a fan of mr. assad. he's an ally of iran and he's made mischief. >> so george w. bush. so that certainly is those decisions from ten years ago are overshadowing the debate and the american public opinion on this as well. steve clemons thanks so much and chris as well....
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bush was -- we heard that george w. bush hated the constitution that wanted to shred the constitution up and eight years before that bill clinton. the delidge maization of a president is now the reality. it happened from 1992 to 2000, happened from 2000 to 2008, and it's now going to happen from 2008 to 2016. and if you're going to be president of the united states and have your feelings hurt because the other side will try to knock your head off your shoulders and delegitimize you from day one, for god's sake don't run for the president of the united states. that is the new reality and it sucks. not for the politicians, not for the president, but for the rest of us. >> that's right. >> and i don't know, i think interpreting mike's point a different way, isn't it a new precedent that the speaker of the house is terrified of his own caucus. i don't think of nancy pelosi as being particularly intimidated by democrats, but john boehner in a new pew poll, they're asking respondent who is in charge of the republican party, m
bush was -- we heard that george w. bush hated the constitution that wanted to shred the constitution up and eight years before that bill clinton. the delidge maization of a president is now the reality. it happened from 1992 to 2000, happened from 2000 to 2008, and it's now going to happen from 2008 to 2016. and if you're going to be president of the united states and have your feelings hurt because the other side will try to knock your head off your shoulders and delegitimize you from day...
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the 747 model replaced the smaller model under george h.w. bush. today's air force one has 4,000 square feet floor space inside and can comfortably carry about 100 passengers and crew. it includes a medical suite that can function as an operating room. not to mention the latest in communications technology and emergency countermeasures in case of an attack. it wasn't always so fancy. the first plane to be designated air force one was a 121. just 116 feet long. it made headlines earlier this year after it was discovered rusting at an arizona airport. the owner of the plane which carried president eisenhower in the late '50s is trying to house it in a museum but so far no takers. hello. what's going on in abilene? eisenhower's successor president kennedy changed the plane to the more advanced long range 707. he had the design changed tore the now familiar blue and white. it was aboard that plane that lyndon johnson took the oath of office after president kennedy was assassinated. image after image, the backdrop to some of the most significant moments
the 747 model replaced the smaller model under george h.w. bush. today's air force one has 4,000 square feet floor space inside and can comfortably carry about 100 passengers and crew. it includes a medical suite that can function as an operating room. not to mention the latest in communications technology and emergency countermeasures in case of an attack. it wasn't always so fancy. the first plane to be designated air force one was a 121. just 116 feet long. it made headlines earlier this...
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bush did ten years ago when our government said it was sure, but it was wrong, and the resulting war without u.n. approval was one of america's greatest foreign policy mistakes ever, if not the greatest foreign policy mistake ever. so now here we are. the drum beat in washington today says that there is going to be an american or an american and allied military hit of some kind against syria. what will that do? what choices does president obama have in terms of how to respond if we does want to respond militarily or otherwise? does congress get a say in the matter? and what happens if we are wrong about this? our government's track record on being wrong about chemical weapons is long. it spans multiple administrations for multiple reasons. if the use of chemical weapons really is going to be a real redline in the world that demands a response when it happens, why is the world waiting for our government to make up our government's own mind about whether this happened? instead of waiting for the u.n. weapons inspectors to say definitively one way or the other? the u.n. weapons inspecto
bush did ten years ago when our government said it was sure, but it was wrong, and the resulting war without u.n. approval was one of america's greatest foreign policy mistakes ever, if not the greatest foreign policy mistake ever. so now here we are. the drum beat in washington today says that there is going to be an american or an american and allied military hit of some kind against syria. what will that do? what choices does president obama have in terms of how to respond if we does want to...
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more conservative means for a lot of us don't spend us into debt like george w. bush. don't spend $7 trillion on a medicare drug benefit plan where you don't pay for a single dime of it. don't go around the world and fight every war against every muslim nation that you can find. i've been saying that for 12 years. i've written three books about how we need to be more conservative. the more conservative we're talking about is not the more conservative you're talking about. >> these guys do not consider you one of them. i'm talking about the hard-core out there, which is say big pa part of your party -- >> to kill a mockingbird, if you've walked a mile in my shoes, james carville, you haven't. they're in their underwear in their mom's basements on blogs, may not care for me. i can tell you, when i walk through airports, when i go to little league ball games, when i go shopping, i've got republicans coming up to me hugging me going, thank god, thank god. >> i'm telling you that there is a hard, hard core part of that party that says our problem is not we're conservative e
more conservative means for a lot of us don't spend us into debt like george w. bush. don't spend $7 trillion on a medicare drug benefit plan where you don't pay for a single dime of it. don't go around the world and fight every war against every muslim nation that you can find. i've been saying that for 12 years. i've written three books about how we need to be more conservative. the more conservative we're talking about is not the more conservative you're talking about. >> these guys do...
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with us former communications director for president george w. bush and senior adviser for the 2008 mccain presidential campaign, nicolle wallace. >> she's great. >> she's amazing. msnbc contributor mike barnicle. and in washington, pulitzer-prize winning columnist and associate editor of the -- >> amazon -- >> newly sold "washington post," wow, big news there, in your world, gene. we'll talk about that. >> no free shipping for you, mika. >> he's like the free shipping czar now. >> my goodness. none for me. >> all right. mike barnicle, this is like a big day -- >> mike, this is huge. >> this is. >> this is -- >> i was surprised. >> as willie was saying last night at the holiday inn, the plates are shifting under the media world and then we had a couple smokes and watched old reruns of "night of a thousand". >> you ran out of cigarettes before i got there. >> one pack talking about the globe, another pack -- >> the sale of the post as i'm sure gene will have more to say on this, it was stunning. >> it's an earthquake. >> stunning. >> but no family
with us former communications director for president george w. bush and senior adviser for the 2008 mccain presidential campaign, nicolle wallace. >> she's great. >> she's amazing. msnbc contributor mike barnicle. and in washington, pulitzer-prize winning columnist and associate editor of the -- >> amazon -- >> newly sold "washington post," wow, big news there, in your world, gene. we'll talk about that. >> no free shipping for you, mika. >> he's...
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herbert walker bush, chairman of the rnc back then, and nixon talking about dirty tricks. here they are. >> would you rather not know details if i told you something was wrong? i told peterson something that i know. >> no, you tell me. >> this guy is involved. >> how's he involved? >> he's involved because he's in the dirty tricks department. >> the prosecutor tell me what you got. >> well, you can imagine how people that are survivors of this era, george schultz or henry kissinger, he's in these tapes quite a bit, how they're sitting on bated breath. how did it come out? what did i say? the very thought that people were being recorded and not knowing it, it's deeply embarrassing to anybody calling in. in the end, all of these show, everybody leaving ship and nixon having to soldier on with kissinger in foreign affairs in the last years of his life. i thought the brezhnev thing is interesting. he's plotting all the great things they'll do. the listeners know watergate dooms all that. >> there's a great story i have to share about nixon and dealing with drunks. he was out w
herbert walker bush, chairman of the rnc back then, and nixon talking about dirty tricks. here they are. >> would you rather not know details if i told you something was wrong? i told peterson something that i know. >> no, you tell me. >> this guy is involved. >> how's he involved? >> he's involved because he's in the dirty tricks department. >> the prosecutor tell me what you got. >> well, you can imagine how people that are survivors of this era,...
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it's not 2004 any more who president george w. bush could run in a real anti-gay agenda and get his base out and get some of the moderate independent voters out and win an lex election. they can appeal to their base as much as they want but that is not enough for them to win a real national election. republicans, national republicans see that and they are ver scary scared, i think. >> the fact that instead of focusing on a star that they want to make, they would rather go after the democratic star and take down the potential of hillary clinton. again, has not declared if she is running so it's interesting they are going for her no matter what. >> right. believe me, you can fund-raise a lot if you're the republican party. every time you mention hillary clinton's name and her running is a great fund-raising opportunity for them. the more they make off of that the better. i think you're right. they are completely divided from every issue from immigration to the budget. we heard romney last night talking about what a bad idea a govern
it's not 2004 any more who president george w. bush could run in a real anti-gay agenda and get his base out and get some of the moderate independent voters out and win an lex election. they can appeal to their base as much as they want but that is not enough for them to win a real national election. republicans, national republicans see that and they are ver scary scared, i think. >> the fact that instead of focusing on a star that they want to make, they would rather go after the...
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former president george w. bush is now home from the hospital. a spokesman says mr. bush was discharged earlier today from the dallas hospital where doctors inserted a stint yesterday to clear a blocked artery in his heart. the blockage was found during the former president's annual physical exam. his spokesperson says mr. bush plans to return to his normal schedule tomorrow. >>> more accusations of sexual harassment against san diego mayor bob filner. two more women, both military vets, have come forward to publicly accuse filner of unwanted sexual advances. the women say filner made the advances last year during a conference that focused on military sexual assaults. one of the women recently retrieved a voicemail message from filner in which he told her he did not want to wait to have dinner with her. 13 women are now in awe kccusin him. >>> time for the gut check. the widow of one of 19 firefighters killed in that arizona wildfire is ramping up her fight for benefits for her family. now, julian ashcraft, whose 29-year-old husband andrew died in june while working
former president george w. bush is now home from the hospital. a spokesman says mr. bush was discharged earlier today from the dallas hospital where doctors inserted a stint yesterday to clear a blocked artery in his heart. the blockage was found during the former president's annual physical exam. his spokesperson says mr. bush plans to return to his normal schedule tomorrow. >>> more accusations of sexual harassment against san diego mayor bob filner. two more women, both military...
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former president george w. bush expected it leave the hospital today after undergoing heart surgery. he did have a stent implanted to open up a blocked artery. jenna bush-hager said thanks for your prayers for my dear dad. he is well and we are eager for him to return to grandpa duty. >>> anthony weiner referred to one of his mayoral candidates as grandpa as a forum raising more than a few eyebrows. >> here we go. >> i heard what you said. really? what is going to happen if i do? tough guy now. oh, are you? appreciate the time. i don't have any anger. you do, grandpa. >> oh, okay! >> and former president become is staying far, far away from what is going on right now with anthony weiner. >> neither hillary nor i was ever involved in the political campaign and they understood that from the beginning that we are not going to be involved as long as our personal friends and people whom we feel obligations are involved. so the feelings i have are all personal and since they are, i shouldn't talk about them. >> in th
former president george w. bush expected it leave the hospital today after undergoing heart surgery. he did have a stent implanted to open up a blocked artery. jenna bush-hager said thanks for your prayers for my dear dad. he is well and we are eager for him to return to grandpa duty. >>> anthony weiner referred to one of his mayoral candidates as grandpa as a forum raising more than a few eyebrows. >> here we go. >> i heard what you said. really? what is going to happen if...
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but without blaming george w. bush for failing to act sufficiently to that warning an of august 6th, 2001, should anyone blame this president and his people for acting in time this time? joining me tonight from cairo, nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel and with us from new york, msnbc terrorist analyst governor coleman. nbc is reporting now the interrogation behind the worldwide terrorist alert this week was an intercepted communication between the leader an of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula and the leader of al qaeda central over in pakistan. the man who succeeded osama bin laden zawahiri. the two men reportedly agreed that they wanted to do something big. timed to the end of the muslim holy month of ramadan which is right now. and that's what led the united states to close 19 embassies. there they are on the map and consulates in the mideast and africa. there's still a lot that remains unknown including which target. over the weekend, one thing clear from every lawmaker and official with knowl
but without blaming george w. bush for failing to act sufficiently to that warning an of august 6th, 2001, should anyone blame this president and his people for acting in time this time? joining me tonight from cairo, nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel and with us from new york, msnbc terrorist analyst governor coleman. nbc is reporting now the interrogation behind the worldwide terrorist alert this week was an intercepted communication between the leader an of al qaeda in the...
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this is president george h.w. bush reeling in a big catch in the florida everdelayeds, to have been a start of the crazy sock craze. and president jimmy carter dipping his toe off sand in the sea island with his daughter amy and busting a move, jimmy fallon is back with his latest mash-up of brian williams' mad rap skills. ♪ she's there'sed in yellow, she says hello ♪ ♪ come sit next to me you fine fellow ♪ ♪ you run over there without a second to lose ♪ ♪ and what comes next, hey, bust a move ♪ ♪ (tires screeching) red hot deal days are back. (alarm beeping) stop for no one. what? it's red hot deal days. get $100 off the samsung galaxy note ii with features like pop-up play. lets you use any app while watching video. or use the s pen for hand-written notes. just $199.99. hurry in, sale ends august 11th. getting the best back to school deals. that's powerful. verizon. and this park is the inside of your body. you see the special psyllium fiber in metamucil actually gels to trap and remove some wa
this is president george h.w. bush reeling in a big catch in the florida everdelayeds, to have been a start of the crazy sock craze. and president jimmy carter dipping his toe off sand in the sea island with his daughter amy and busting a move, jimmy fallon is back with his latest mash-up of brian williams' mad rap skills. ♪ she's there'sed in yellow, she says hello ♪ ♪ come sit next to me you fine fellow ♪ ♪ you run over there without a second to lose ♪ ♪ and what comes next,...
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joining me now, republican strategist and former white house aide to president george h.w. bush, joe watkins, jason johnson, and editor of citizens politics and contributor for "the daily beast," patricia murphy. hello to all three of you. >> hello. >> i'm going to reach out to you first, joe, since you're all by yourself. let's talk about republican ted cruz of texas. even after the 40 previous attempts have failed, rather, to appeal that law. let's take a listen to listen t said. >> there is no more important regulatory reform that we can do than repeal every single word of obamacare. and that reaction right there shows how we win this fight. >> joe, you're a republican. are you at all tired of your party's focus on repealing obamacare instead of working to pass a budget or immigration reform for the american people? they tried to do this 40 times and failed. >> of course, this is an issue that touches on fiscal matters. and spending, of course, and how do we spend our money more wisely, and how do we provide americans for the health care they deserve without enforcing up
joining me now, republican strategist and former white house aide to president george h.w. bush, joe watkins, jason johnson, and editor of citizens politics and contributor for "the daily beast," patricia murphy. hello to all three of you. >> hello. >> i'm going to reach out to you first, joe, since you're all by yourself. let's talk about republican ted cruz of texas. even after the 40 previous attempts have failed, rather, to appeal that law. let's take a listen to...
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that certainly happened to george w. bush. i would argue that he overreacted in some ways in terms of completely changing the strategic vision trying to remake the middle east, invading iraq and, you know, stuff like that. you could argue that perhaps the obama administration has under reacted to changes that have happened in the sense of not -- certainly not enunciating whether or not they developed it and overarching strat by for the middle east during and after the arab spring. >> tomorrow on "morning joe," new york police chief ray kelly will be here. >> great. >> also she hosted president obama at her home recently, former host of npr's all things considered, michele norris joins us. >> you did that. >> yeah. >> this weekend. >> he was there this weekend? coming this weekend. going to watch football. >> that's fun. >> he's going to love your apartment. >> little tight, mr. president. >> get together and do the interview. >> lot of toys. >> david letterman reacts to miley's vma performance. news you can't use is next. i'm
that certainly happened to george w. bush. i would argue that he overreacted in some ways in terms of completely changing the strategic vision trying to remake the middle east, invading iraq and, you know, stuff like that. you could argue that perhaps the obama administration has under reacted to changes that have happened in the sense of not -- certainly not enunciating whether or not they developed it and overarching strat by for the middle east during and after the arab spring. >>...
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bush was destroying the republican party's chance to hold on to the house majority, i was getting absolutely killed. since 2006 republican leaders have said one thing in green rooms, another thing on tv and then another thing on talk radio. like nobody has the guts, chris christie is an exception, but no elected leader has the guts to stare down the crazies in their own party. i'm not talking to conservatives. i'm talking to crazies who make millions and millions of dollars every day trying to be as dev e divisive and as extreme as possible and i salute them for making money. god bless them for making money. i want everybody to make lots of money. i love capitalism but that ain't an electoral strategy and you read this article and i've heard it -- i hear it nonstop. i hear it from conservative house members. i said this earlier, 95, 96, 97% conservative index ratings with the acu who are saying behind the scenes some of these extremists are killing us and yet nobody will talk on the record and say this on the record and while they cower in the corner, we may be facing eight years of hillary
bush was destroying the republican party's chance to hold on to the house majority, i was getting absolutely killed. since 2006 republican leaders have said one thing in green rooms, another thing on tv and then another thing on talk radio. like nobody has the guts, chris christie is an exception, but no elected leader has the guts to stare down the crazies in their own party. i'm not talking to conservatives. i'm talking to crazies who make millions and millions of dollars every day trying to...